Andrés Arauz ! +52 1 55 7667 9469 " [email protected] EDUCATION Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – UNAM 2021 PhD Student, Financial Economics Mexico City, Mexico Thesis: International Payment Systems, Digital Assets and Cross-border Capital Flight Masters in Economic Development April 2010 FLACSO – Latin American School for the Social Sciences Quito, Ecuador Thesis: Microstructure of the Ecuadorian Securities Market Bachelor of Science: Economics & Mathematics May 2005 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A. University Honors RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE CLACSO Research Working Group Sep/2016 – “Geopolitics, Regional Integration and World System” - Researcher • Geopolitics of regional financial integration, technological sovereignty, international arbitration system, global finance. ESPOL International Taxation for Development Research Working Group Jun/2018 – Researcher • Illicit financial flows, financial opacity, regional financial integration, international arbitration system. Dollarization Observatory (dolarizacion.ec) Dec/2017 – Founder and author • Central bank watchdog, monetary and financial policy analysis, monitors cross-border flows. Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil Feb/2011 – Jul/2015 Masters Program in Finance and Business Economics • Lecturer in “Theory of Restrictions”: balance of payments, capital mobility and controls, international financial architecture, international financial law (IMF, WTO, etc.). Central Bank of Ecuador Jul/2006 – Nov/2007 Balance of Payments Economist • Research on the specificities of balance of payments in dollarization • Methodological revision and compilation of external debt statistics, foreign direct investment, capital flows. • Quarterly analytical paper on Ecuador’s external sector Stanford Group Casa de Valores S.A. Oct/2005 – Jul/2006 Research Assistant • Sector studies, macroeconomic research, Ecuadorian securities market • Modeled cash flow, company valuations, economic analysis Ford School of Public Policy May/2005 – Jul/2005 U-M Department of Economics – Research Assistant • R esearch on initiatives against customs corruption: data collection with interviews in French, Spanish, Portuguese and English in 20 countries, econometric modeling, data analysis, article drafting. • Yang, D. Integrity for Hire: An Analysis of a Widespread Customs Reform. Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 51, No. 1, 2008, pp. 25-57. ISSN 0022-2186 Institute for Social Research May/2005 – Jul/2005 U-M Population Studies Center – Research Assistant • Research and analysis of a large dataset on migrant mothers’ health. DISTINCTIONS Mexican Council for Science and Technology May/2018 Full Doctoral Fellowship. Organization of American States Jul/2018 Scholarship. OAS-Amexcid-WHO Graduate Students Institute for New Economic Thinking Sep/2018 Stipend. UNCTAD Young Scholar Summer School. Institute for New Economic Thinking Jan/2019 Stipend. Young Scholar Initiative North America Convening. WORK EXPERIENCE Banco del Sur Nov/2016 – May/2017 Member of the Executive Board (not compensated) • Planning for the Bank’s future operation; on indefinite hiatus due to force majeure. • Research and organization of diverse seminars on international reserves and external assets, US Office of Foreign Assets Control, new financial architecture, etc. Ministry of Coordination of Knowledge Mar/2015 – May/2017 Minister • Presided over the Sectoral Council of Knowledge and Human Talent: coordination, execution and monitoring of policies, programs and projects of the Ministries of Education, Culture, Higher Education, Science and Technology. • Led international negotiations on intellectual property: e-commerce, data flows, visually impaired’s access to works, compulsory licenses, parallel importation, data exclusivity waivers, farmers’ access to seeds, and ad hoc intellectual property regime for biodiversity and traditional knowledge. • Monitored the consolidation of new universities: Ikiam - Amazon Regional University, National Education University, University of the Arts • Started UNESCO-bound project to incorporate computer programming in national curriculum. • Founded several research networks: accounting, early childhood, sustainable mobility, lupini bean, mining, neuroscience, biodiversity, etc. • Implemented the National Qualifications and Professional Training System. • Authored and published quantitative prospective planning for the knowledge sector until 2035. • Presided the National Institute for Evaluation in Education (Ineval) Board of Directors National Service for Public Procurement Feb/2015 – Mar/2015 General Director • Implementation of public procurement for productive transformation along the following axes: standardization, technology transfer, economic inclusion, liquidity for suppliers, and integrity. • Designed competitive electronic pooled procurement of medicines including progressive intellectual property policies such as compulsory licensing and data exclusivity waivers. National Secretariat for Planning and Development Jan/2012 – Feb/2015 Deputy Secretary for Planning of Buen Vivir Sep/2013 – Feb/2015 • Public investment, territorial planning, sectoral planning, special planning, information, monitoring and evaluation. • Applied research on planning, while President of the Latin American Planning Network (Redeplan) and the Regional Planning Council of the Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES- CEPAL) • Bilateral cooperation for the internationalization of Buen Vivir. • Research, analysis and audit of the international investment arbitration system. President of the Inter-ministerial Quality Committee Jul/2012 – Oct/2014 • Coordination of the regulatory agenda with the standardization institute, the accreditation body, sanitary and phitosanitary agencies, and over 20 regulatory agencies along five axes: balance of payments sustainability, energy and biophysical efficiency, consumption for buen vivir, standardization of public sector demand, and export diversification. Member of the Regulatory Board for the Popular Financial Sector (Coops et al) Aug/2012 – Aug/2014 • Heterodox approaches: segmentation, differentiated regulation, social accounting, and territorial indices. Member of the Board of the Central Bank of Ecuador Jan/2012 – Aug/2014 • Capital account regulation: domestic liquidity coefficient, foreign exchange flows, compliance, regional reciprocal accounts. Member of the Foreign Trade Committee – COMEX Jan/2012 – Oct/2014 • Exhaustive research on the Mercosur economy and designed the strategy for full integration in Mercosur. • Supervision and contribution to the negotiation process for the Ecuador-UE FTA on public procurement and intellectual property. Undersecretary for Public Investment Jan/2012 – Aug/2013 • Direction of public investment programs and budget. • Public investment multi-year and macroeconomic modeling, economic regulation agenda, author of objective 8 “Consolidating the social and solidarity economic system, sustainably” in the 2013-2017 National Development Plan • Research, design and implementation for the Public Investment for Productive Transformation project. Central Bank of Ecuador General Banking Director Dic/2009 – Dic/2011 • Managed, planned and supervised the Central Bank’s Operations, including systemic and operational risks • Proposed, defined and coordinated strategic central bank projects, using new technologies, in the following areas: financial inclusion and depth, central bank digital cash, financial stability, central securities depository and development of domestic securities markets, regional financial integration • Innovated the national payments system for international remittances, democratization of access for small financial cooperatives via retrofitted APIs, and creation of the interoperable cross-operator mobile payments system and mainstreamed e-signatures in the financial system. • Advocacy and institutional relations with international organizations and international financial institutions such as the Federal Reserve, CEMLA, Bank of International Settlements, BLADEX, etc. • Regulatory design with supervisors, ministries, the public financial system and local governments • Advisory to Central Bank’s authorities for economic, financial and institutional policy Deputy General Banking Director Aug/2009 – Dec/2009 • Responsible for the macro and regulatory design for Ecuadorean central bank xeno-dollar investments • Advisory to Central Bank’s authorities for economic, financial and institutional policy through analytic reports and regulatory proposals • Leaded the design and implementation of strategic projects • Monitored administrative and compliance issues, including Banco del Pacífico (third largest commercial bank, then property of the Central Bank of Ecuador) National Securities Commission (CNV) Mar/2009 – Jul/2010 President of the Republic’s Representative • Issued investment banking regulation for Ecuador’s state-owned pension fund, regulation for factoring, interconnection between Ecuador’s two stock exchanges, Central Bank’s securities depository, among others. Ministry of Coordination of Economic Policy Dec/2007 – Aug/2009 Financial Policy Advisor • Researched and designed progressive public policy regarding monetary, financial, credit and balance of payments issues in the design of this recently created Ministry • Implemented the New Financial Architecture: payment system network for the rural and community financial system, strengthening of the public financial system, modernization